University of Ljubljana – Centre for Social Informatics (CSI)

The Centre for Social Informatics (CSI) at the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences is a recognised research centre in the areas of internet society research and social science methodology. CSI has been a project partner in more than 50 international projects (FP5, FP6, FP7, ESS, COST, PIAAC, LLP, Erasmus+, EU tenders) related also to the fields of studying the needs, skills, use, usability and benefits related to (also AAL) smart solu-tions for older people and informal carers. Current projects include an intervention study on eCare (usability tests of supportive technologies in smartphones), a representative study on older adults’ interest in the usage of supportive AAL Joint Programme i-evAALution AAL-2017: i-evAALution 21 technologies and “Ithaca” which aims to refine regional policies to scale up innovative health and care solutions (Interreg project). CSI researchers publish for leading publishers and in highly cited journals.

Fields of activity

Education

Applied research

Development activities

Role within the project

Scientific support of solution testing

Data collection

Data analysis and reporting (focus on Slovenian pilot)

Reference projects

2017-2022: Innovation in Health and Care for All (ITHACA), Interreg Europe project

2016-2019: Smart ICT Solutions for Active and Healthy Ageing: Integrating Informal e-Care Services in Slovenia (L5-7626), applicative project financed by the National Research Agency and SmartCom

2016-2017: Better data to assess the impact of ICT, R&D, and Innovation on the economy, eval. study for Eurostat